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Posted on 05/19/2016 10:49:39 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
KT Boundary and Iridium
Ever dreamt of hiking over the landscape and finding a mineral vein rich with ores, perhaps even silver or gold glittering in the sunshine, like in the Hand of Faith vein in Australia? How about joining the gold rush fever—without trekking up the Chilkoot Pass as thousands of prospectors did well over 100 years ago?
The chances of finding a “mother lode” are slim, even when trying hard. They are similar to winning the jackpot in a big lottery. But don’t give up just yet; there is a new “horizon” for your exploration activity—the new frontiers are way up in the outer space and deep down in the oceans (the latter to be the subject of another post)!
The High Frontier is the New World without the natives.
There are endless resources, land, and energy once you escape Earth’s gravity.
The Vikings, among others, discovered the Americas, but lacked the ships, navigation instruments, and economic incentive to colonize the new lands.
Columbus came along with better technology. Plus, the Spanish discovered rich empires to conquer.
Outer space will follow a similar path. When we have cheap, reliable access to space, we will mine and colonize the new lands.
Ad Astra
Sci-Fi paperback novels since the dawn of time have covered this subject.
Wasn’t there a near Earth asteroid last year, about 100 meters in diameter that was shown to be, essentially, a 100 million ton ball of platinum?
“When we have cheap, reliable access to space...”
I’m convinced that our deep black project boys have already perfected propulsion systems that can get you to Mars within hours. Maybe even minutes.
Minutes?
That would be near-light speed.
“Minutes? That would be near-light speed.”
Precisely.
That must be the one, though I got it’s size way off.
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